Time for action – rendering only a part of the frame
It's pretty easy to render only a part of the frame, shown as follows:
- Get a camera view in the 3D View window.
- Press Shift + B and use the marquee, like the standard border select, to choose a portion of the frame in the camera image area.
- Then, press F12 to render it.
- To return to rendering the entire window, press Shift + B and select the entire camera image area in the 3D View window. It will not change your camera settings if you select some of the passepartout area; you will just get the full camera image.
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You learned to save time by only rendering a part of the frame. We covered earlier in this chapter that Shift + B allowed you to select part of a view to zoom into, using ...
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